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Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY) Competitors

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GBX 656 -4.00 (-0.61%)
As of 02/4/2025 12:48 PM Eastern

BMY vs. ITH, HCM, GRI, INDV, SLS, ERGO, SLN, AMYT, GPH, and IGC

Should you be buying Bloomsbury Publishing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomsbury Publishing include Ithaca Energy (ITH), HUTCHMED (HCM), Grainger (GRI), Indivior (INDV), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), Global Ports (GPH), and India Capital Growth (IGC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Bloomsbury Publishing vs.

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) and Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Bloomsbury Publishing pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.0%. Bloomsbury Publishing pays out 3,846.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ithaca Energy pays out 23,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Ithaca Energy's net margin of 8.45%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 16.55% beat Ithaca Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bloomsbury Publishing9.43% 16.55% 7.82%
Ithaca Energy 8.45%6.51%0.18%

Ithaca Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Bloomsbury Publishing. Ithaca Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bloomsbury Publishing£342.65M1.56£32.30M£0.391,682.05
Ithaca Energy£1.91B1.10£161.77M£0.121,058.33

Bloomsbury Publishing received 251 more outperform votes than Ithaca Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Ithaca Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bloomsbury PublishingOutperform Votes
252
68.48%
Underperform Votes
116
31.52%
Ithaca EnergyOutperform Votes
1
25.00%
Underperform Votes
3
75.00%

Bloomsbury Publishing presently has a consensus target price of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 25.76%. Given Bloomsbury Publishing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bloomsbury Publishing is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bloomsbury Publishing
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ithaca Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.7% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 89.6% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Bloomsbury Publishing. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 0 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Bloomsbury Publishing's score of 0.00 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bloomsbury Publishing Neutral
Ithaca Energy Neutral

Summary

Bloomsbury Publishing beats Ithaca Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BMY vs. The Competition

MetricBloomsbury PublishingPublishing IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£534.25M£1.54B£3.25B£2.06B
Dividend Yield2.16%7.03%6.69%5.16%
P/E Ratio1,682.05601.63310.471,911.79
Price / Sales1.5687.76130.34358,692.12
Price / Cash8.9115.7116.0729.26
Price / Book2.631.524.273.07
Net Income£32.30M£61.76M£136.69M£185.53M
7 Day Performance0.31%0.09%2.09%-0.22%
1 Month Performance-2.38%-0.85%9.85%0.97%
1 Year Performance37.67%17.89%24.80%29.97%

Bloomsbury Publishing Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMY
Bloomsbury Publishing
2.2544 of 5 stars
GBX 656
-0.6%
GBX 825
+25.8%
+37.7%£534.25M£342.65M1,682.0534,300Gap Down
ITH
Ithaca Energy
N/AGBX 126.80
+2.4%
N/A-6.5%£2.09B£1.91B1,056.67220High Trading Volume
HCM
HUTCHMED
N/AGBX 219
flat
N/A+13.5%£1.87B£610.81M-5,475.001,760Gap Up
GRI
Grainger
3.0878 of 5 stars
GBX 211.44
+0.9%
GBX 317.50
+50.2%
-19.7%£1.56B£270.30M8,183.33372Dividend Increase
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
INDV
Indivior
2.4949 of 5 stars
GBX 960
+0.7%
GBX 1,650
+71.9%
-32.9%£1.23B£1.15B-1,200.001,000High Trading Volume
SLS
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710
ERGO
Ergomed
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.00M£152.09M4,641.386
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
AMYT
Amryt Pharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A£457.11M£210.24M-4.33290Gap Down
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020Positive News
IGC
India Capital Growth
N/AGBX 167
-3.2%
N/A-8.1%£144.61M£40.31M417.5061Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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